Search the full list of Companies House Standard Industrial Classification codes. Enter a SIC code number or keywords to find the right classification for your business.
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The 20 SIC codes most newly-incorporated Scottish companies picked over the last 12 months. Updated daily; refreshed 24 June 2026.
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Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes are 5-digit codes used by Companies House to classify the nature of business activities. When you register a company in the UK, you must select at least one SIC code that best describes what your company does.
The UK uses the SIC 2007 classification, which organises business activities into 21 sections (A-U), each containing multiple divisions, groups, and classes.
All 21 sections of UK SIC 2007. Each card shows its 5 most-active codes by Scottish incorporations year-to-date; the full list is one click further.
Divisions 01-03. Crop and animal production, forestry, hunting, and fishing.
Divisions 05-09. Coal, oil and gas extraction, quarrying, and support for mining.
Divisions 10-33. Food, textiles, chemicals, machinery, and all other manufactured goods.
Division 35. Electricity, gas and steam supply, including renewable generation.
Divisions 36-39. Water supply, sewerage, waste collection, and remediation.
Divisions 41-43. Construction of buildings, civil engineering, and specialised trades.
Divisions 45-47. Motor trade, wholesale, and retail of every kind.
Divisions 49-53. Land, water, and air transport; warehousing; postal and courier.
Divisions 55-56. Hotels, short-stay accommodation, restaurants, cafés, and bars.
Divisions 58-63. Publishing, film, broadcasting, telecoms, IT, and software.
Divisions 64-66. Banking, investment, insurance, pension funds, and auxiliary services.
Division 68. Buying, selling, renting and managing real estate.
Divisions 69-75. Legal, accountancy, consultancy, architecture, research, and veterinary.
Divisions 77-82. Rental and leasing, recruitment, security, cleaning, office support.
Division 84. Central and local government, defence, and statutory social security.
Division 85. Pre-primary, primary, secondary, higher, and other education.
Divisions 86-88. Hospitals, GPs, dentists, residential care, and social work.
Divisions 90-93. Performing arts, museums, sports, gambling, and leisure.
Divisions 94-96. Membership organisations, repair, and personal services.
Divisions 97-98. Households as employers; subsistence production for own use.
Division 99. Embassies, international bodies, and extraterritorial organisations.
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